Ribbon-cabinet.



D. R. MURPHY & H. W. BLANKENSHIP.

RIBBON CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. l9l3.

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D. R. MURPHY & H. W. BLANKENSHIP. RIBBON CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-18,1913.

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RIBBON CABINET.

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ITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

DAVID ROSCOE MURPHY AND HOUSTON W. BLANKDNSHIP, OF KELLOGG, IDAHO.

RIBBON-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed October 18, 1913. Serial No. 796,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, -DAVID Rosoon MUR- rHY and HoUs'roN \V. BLANKENSHIP,C11L1- Zens of the United States, residing at Kellogg, in the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dry goods cabinets especially adapted for retaining ribbon,

lace or the like, having for its primary ob ject to provide a simple and efficient device of this character for displaying, dispensing and measuring dry goods in a simple man ner which will subsequently appear.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a device in which the material is automatically measured during the dispensing operation, suitable means being supplied for severing the material from the supply bolt, when the desired amount has been removed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet in which a multiplicity of supply bolt holders are associated with a common shaft for causing the simultaneous actuation of the bolts, although each of the bolt supporting members may be separately operated if so desired.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of our invention will be more readily understood from the following descriptionjtaken in connec tion with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in theclaimsforming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings Figure'l is an elevation partly in section and partly fragmentary of a cabinet constructed in accordance with our invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the cover and easing thereof removed and the improved cutting and measuring means applied to one set of bolt-holding members.

Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged topplan view of one of the bolt holding members, a supply bolt being shown thereon with our improved cut-ting means associated therewith for severing a portion of the ribbon or material from the supply bolt;

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged perspective view of the cutting element and guard for the ribbon bolt;

Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged side elevation of our improved measuring means which is associated with each supply bolt;

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the same showing the supply bolt removed therefrom; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 of Fig. 6 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention a cabinet or housing 5 is provided which is preferably of a substantially cylindrical configuration,the lower end thereof being preferably made of wood and provided with a plurality of drawers 6, said drawers being adapted for containing bolts of ribbon or the like which are to be dispensed from the bolt holding members therealoove.

Mounted on the upper end of the housing 5 is a cylindrical casing 7 which is preferably made of glass and has mounted on the upper end thereof a suitable closure 8 which has formed therein an aperture 9 adapted for engagement with the upper end of a shaft or rod 10. concentrically mounted in the casing 7 and engaging with the housing 5 is a bearing block 11 which is in engagement withthe one end of the shaft or rod 10, the opposite end of said shaft engaging with the aperture 9 of the closure 8. Extending from the lower end of the rod or shaft 10 are a plurality of arms 12 each of which extend from the periphery of said shaft to adjacent the inner periphery of the casing 7, said armsbcing arranged in spaced relation to each other and being provided in the free ends thereof with apertures, each of which is adapted for engagement with the one end of a vertically extending-rod 13, the opposite end of said rod extending upwardly in the casing 7 in parallelism with the shaft 10.

Fixedly mounted on each of the rods 13 and arranged in uniformly spaced apart re lation thereon are a plurality of disks 14 the one face of each ofwhich has depending therefrom an annular ring 15 with which the disk is engaged with the outer periphery of said rod 1 Revolubly mounted on each of the disks 14 are a plurality of disks 16. Extending from each disk 16 is a supply bolt holding consists of a pin of such size as to be readily inserted through the paste-board cores of ribbon bolts, ace bolts, and the like.

Arranged on each of the disks 14 are a plurality of rollers 18 which are preferably covered with a suitable fabric, the one end 19 of each of said rollers extending through said disks and having formed on the terminal end thereof a gear wheel 20. Arranged on the upper face of'each of the disks it are a plurality of guards 17 one of which is arranged adjacent each of said rollers, so as to provide a guard wire which may be used to advantage during the dispensing of the ribbon. Attached to each disk It and located between the disks 16 are a plurality of plates 21 detachably held in position by screws or the like. Arranged in parallelism to each of the plates 21 is a similar plate 23 the latter being in engagement with the lower face of the disk l l, said plates 21 and 23 having mounted therebetween a plurality of shafts 2e, and 26 respectively, the shaft 24 being of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the shafts and 26 and having the one end thereof extending through the plate 21 and having mounted thereon a dial hand 27 which is pivotally mounted in the center of a ring 28, said ring having arranged therein suitable graduation marks indicating from one to twelve inches as shown to advantage in Fig. 5. The shaft 24: has mounted thereon a small gear wheel 29 which is adapted for meshing engagement with the gear wheel 20 of the roller 18, said shaft 2a being provided with a small spur-gear 30 which engages in mesh with an enlarged spur-gear 31, the latter being arranged on the shaft 25 and being fixedly secured to a smaller spur-gear 32, said gear 32 meshing with an enlarged spurgear 33 which is carried by the shaft 26, the one end of the shaft 26 extending through the plate 21 and having arranged thereon a suit able dial hand 3%, the latter being pivoted in a ring The ring has suitable graduation marks arranged therein which indicate from one to ten yards. Upon application to Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings it is seen that when the roller 18 is actuated that the small gear wheel 20 will be rotated incidentally causing the rotation of the gear wheel 29 and the train of gears 30, 31, 32 and 33 which are associated therewith so as to cause the rotation of the dial hands 27 and 3st for measuring the amount of material dispensed from the bolt holding member 17.

Mounted in the upper face of the plate 21 adjacent the roller 18 is a suitable knife and guard element 36, the one face 37 of which is preferably beveled to provide a knife edge while the opposite edge has radiating there from a plurality of arcuate arms 38, said arms adapted for engagement with a bolt of ribbon 39 or the like which is arranged on the bolt holding member 17 The member 36 has the one end lO thereof reduced and squared and detachably engaged with the upper face of the plate 21, the end e0 being squared in order to prevent the rotation of the same when pressure is exerted on the knife edge 37 thereof during the dispensing of the ribbon or the like from the supply bolt 39.

Although the disks 16 are shown in the present instance to be a uniform size nevertheless if desired the same may vary in circumferential dimensions according to the size of supply bolts which they carry, the larger of which would be on the bottom and gradually decrease until the smallest was arranged on the upper ends of each of said rods 13.

in operation, we will assume that the shaft 10 has been mounted in its bearing 11 and that the supply bolt disks have been arranged on the rods 13. The casing 7 will be provided with a suitable door through which the ribbon will be dispensed. "When it is desired to dispense the ribbon pressure is exerted on the arms 12 until the desired ribbon has been reached after which the same may be readily stopped as is obvious. in dispensing the ribbon pull is exerted on the one end thereof causing the same to be withdrawn from the supply bolt 39 between the roller 13 and the guard wire 17, in passing therebetween said ribbon contacting with the fabric roller so as to cause the same to rotate thereby rotating the small gear wheel 20 which in turn rotates the gear wheel 29 and incidentally the train of gears which are associated therewith so as to rotate the dial hands 27 and 34as previously pointed out. The dial hand 27 as above stated indicates the inches of ribbon. dispensed, which will be of course rotated a great deal faster than the hand 8% in View of the different sizes of the gear wheels. Assuming that ten yards of material is contained on the supply bolt, graduations from' one yard up to ten have been placed within the ring 35 on the plate 21 thereby not only measuring the material as it is dispensed from the bolt but likewise indicating how much material has been dispensed and how much more is still on the bolt. After the desired amount of ribbon has been drawn from the supply bolt 39 the same is drawn toward the supply bolt 39 which will cause the ribbon to come in contact with the knife edge 37 of the member 36 thereby severing that portion of the ribbon which has been withdrawn from the supply bolt. The arcuate arms 38 will engage the ribbon or the like as it is being dispensed from the supply bolt 39. thus properly tensioning the ribbon as it is drawn from the supply roll.

It will he understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of our invention and that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the kind described, a support, a bolt-carrying means on said support, a roller rotatably mounted adjacent said bolt-carrying means, a member adjacent said roller having one end adapted to engage a bolt carried by said bolt-carrying means, a knife at the opposite end of said member, means for guiding material on said bolt-carrying member over said roller and adjacent said knife edge, means associated with said roller whereby the material passing over said roller is automatically measured, and the material can be severed by said knife blade, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a bolt-carrying member having a bolt thereon, of a measuring means for the material on said bolt when the same is dispensed, a roller over which said material is moved when the same is being dispensed, a member having fingers in engagement with said bolt and a cutting edge at the opposite end thereof, said cutting edge in proximity with said roller whereby said material can be severed when desired, and mechanism connected with said roller for automatically measuring the material dispensed as the same passes over said roller.

3. The combination with a bolt-carrying member having a bolt of material thereon, a roller, a cutting means adjacent said roller, said material on said bolt adapted to be passed over said roller when the same is dispensed, a guard adjacent said cutting means and said roller and means integral with said cutting means for engagement with said bolt for holding said material on said bolt and in tensioned engagement With said roller and means for automatically measuring said material as the same passes over said roller, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

D. ROSCOE MURPHY. HOUSTON \V. BLANKENSHIP.

l'vitnessesz Gno. M. WILSON, J. H. WEBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

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